About the Programme

Unique Features

• Fully Online coursework delivery giving students and faculty flexibility to navigate busy lifestyles, geographical and time zone differences
• 18 months of intense online classroom engagement covering both coursework and Thesis.
• Internationally acclaimed faculty drawn from Daystar University and other collaborating universities, giving it a truly global outlook.
• A programme designed to address complex leadership and policy issues facing the education economy globally.
• World class value-based education.
• Instructor-guided and peer-to-peer problem-based learning methodologies.

MEd. Leadership and Policy Studies

Course Code	Common Courses	Credit Hours
ELP 615	Biblical Foundation For Educational Leadership	3
ELP 690	Thesis/capstone	6
Total		9
Core Courses
ELP 600	Organizational Theory in Education	3
ELP 606	Program Evaluation in Education	3
ELP 610	Education Foundations and Practice	3
ELP 611	Education Finance	3
ELP 612	Education Law	3
ELP 613	Education Research Methods	3
ELP 614	Statistics in Education	3
ELP 617	Technology and the 21st Century Pedagogy	3
ELP 619	Politics and Economics of Education	3
ELP 621	Dynamics of Education Change	3
ELP 621	Dynamics of Education Change	3
ELP 623	Educational Policy Analysis and Methods	3
ELP 625	Educational Leadership Policy	3
ELP 627	Environmental Sustainability, Policy and Leadership	3
ELP 629	Seminar in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies	3
Total		39
Electives (Choose one)
ELP 616	Communication and Emotional Intelligence in Education	3
ELP 618	Institutions and Community Relations - elective	3
ELP 631	Legal and Policy Framework for child safeguarding	3
Total		3
Grand Total		51

Target Audience

The Master of Education in Leadership and Policy Studies is ideal for

• Teachers/educators
• School principals
• School owners/directors
• Government non-governmental policy makers
• Corporate organizations
• Church and para-church Christian organizations/ministries
• Non-profit organizations
• Local and international service providers
• Development agencies
• Research practitioners and
• Policy developers.

Career Prospects

Graduates from this programme will work in various sectors, including:

• Schools and mid-level training institutions
• Education policymaking institutions
• National and County government institutions and agencies
• Non-governmental learning institutions
• Institutions of higher learning
• Research institutions
• Church and parachurch organizations